There has been a delay in commencement of construction work for the proposed Metro route that will connect Wadala and Thane. There has been a delay in commencement of construction work for the proposed Metro route that will connect Wadala and Thane, which means commuters will have to wait for a longer period to reduce their time spent on commute. The MMRDA that is executing Metro 4, also known as Wadala-Thane-Kasarvadavli Metro is yet to award contracts for construction, despite the state government’s approval for the project in 2016. The 32.32-km long proposed route will have 32 stations with six-coach trains and an estimated daily 8.7 lakh commuters in 2021-22. MMRDA officials say that the reason behind delay was due to the development authority scrapping civil construction bids it had floated earlier this year.

Source: dna November 15, 2017 03:41 UTC